South Wiltshire Core Strategy - Wiltshire Council

2.25 Flexibility, Contingency and Planning for Economic Recovery
2.26 This document has been produced during difficult economic times and given this, the
strategy has been designed to be flexible and to have contingency. No one site is
essential to meet either the PPS3 requirement for a rolling five year supply of
housing, or the overall 20 year requirement of housing and jobs.
2.27 Independent research commissioned by Wiltshire Council, reported on the economic
impact of the 2008 economic slowdown on Wiltshire 7 . It is clear that there will be
increased unemployment and investment downturn. It is therefore essential that
Wiltshire positions itself so that is both well placed to benefit from recovery and
indeed can help stimulate local investment through proactive actions. This Strategy
forms a key part of the long term economic planning of the county.
2.28 Wiltshire Council and Local Government Reorganisation
2.29 This strategy has been produced against a backdrop of local government
reorganisation in Wiltshire, from a county and four district councils to a single Unitary
Council covering the whole county, with the exception of Swindon.
2.30 The first LDS for Wiltshire Council has been agreed with the Government Office for
the South West (“GOSW”). This sets out the components and timetable for delivery of
the LDF by the new authority. The content of this south Wiltshire Core Strategy will be
incorporated into a single Wiltshire Core Strategy in due course, although the debate
over the strategy will not be re-opened at that point. The diagram below shows how
the strategy set out in this document will feed into the Wiltshire-wide Core Strategy,
which will then supersede this document.
7 See 'The Economic Impact of the 2008 Slowdown in Wiltshire, December 2008, GWE Business West
Research
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